Tiffany & Co. (TIF): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Laggard

Tiffany was a leading decliner within the specialty retail industry, falling 93 cents (-1.5%) to $60.31 on light volume.

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Tiffany ( TIF) pushed the Specialty Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Specialty Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.5%. By the end of trading, Tiffany fell 93 cents (-1.5%) to $60.31 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.4 million shares of Tiffany exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $60.14-$62.28 after having opened the day at $61.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $61.24. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that declined today were: Blue Nile ( NILE), down 7.6%, Titan Machinery ( TITN), down 6.4%, Sport Chalet ( SPCHA), down 6.2%, and TravelCenters of America ( TA), down 5.5%.

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Tiffany & Co., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of fine jewelry worldwide. Tiffany has a market cap of $7.78 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 7.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Tiffany a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Tiffany as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.